Research

Sea levels rising: The new threat that could displace sea turtles from Israel's beaches

A new study warns rising sea levels could shrink Israel's sea turtle nesting areas by 2100, erasing up to 96% of beach width between Tel Aviv Marina and Port.

Brown sea turtle returns to the sea.
Doctors at Shaare Zedek in Jerusalem; illustrative.

Brain drain: Israel’s medical exodus grows as nearly 1,400 doctors leave inside three years

Prof. Lior David holds a small fishbowl with carps.

Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Israeli scientists find carp can resist a deadly virus

A new AI framework, known as SHIC-XE, developed to detect signs of pain in horses

Straight from the horse’s mouth: New Israeli AI helps horses tell us when they are in pain


Anonymous family donates $10m to Sheba to advance AI-driven medicine

New York-born donors who moved to Israel say the gift reflects their faith in Israel’s future and in Sheba’s role in shaping the next era of global healthcare.

SHEBA MEDICAL Center's new Roman Abramovich Theranostics and Nuclear Medicine Center.

The hardest material? Chinese team forges hexagonal diamond with super strength

To synthesize the crystals, the team compressed highly ordered pyrolytic graphite to pressures as high as 20 gigapascals, roughly 200,000 times the atmospheric pressure at Earth’s surface.

Structure of a hexagonal diamond.

One in two US teens say they’ve used AI to ‘undress’ people

In a survey, 36.3% of teens reported that someone else had created a sexualized GenAI image of them without their consent.

Teens with smartphones

Do you feel exhausted after meeting a certain person? There is a health cost to it

A new study found that people who surround themselves with individuals who make their lives difficult experience more chronic stress and biological changes associated with early aging.

While positive relationships are known to extend life and contribute to health, negative relationships may operate in the opposite direction

Study: Adults with ADHD experience “local sleep” while awake

Researchers report distinct brain activity patterns between adults with ADHD and neurotypical peers during inhibitory control tasks.

Adult ADHD.

Researchers stunned: Queen bumblebees survive more than a week underwater

Scientists say the terrestrial insects endured continuous underwater conditions in controlled laboratory experiments, an outcome they did not anticipate.

Bumblebee.

The midair maneuver that lets cats touch down paws-first, explained by New research

Researchers used high-speed cameras and motion tracking to show the air-righting reflex relies on spine flexion, front and rear body rotation, and tail adjustments that conserve zero angular momentum

An illustrative image of a cat alongside Hanukkah paraphenalia.

Antibiotics may cast a years-long shadow on your gut. One type stands out

Specialists advise patients to support gut health during and after treatment with fiber rich diets, fermented foods, and medical guidance.

Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen, in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018.

Sunlight helps Diabetic patients keep glucose in the normal range, study shows

Older adults with type 2 diabetes kept blood glucose in the normal range longer and showed a lower respiratory exchange ratio under natural light than under artificial LED lighting.

 An illustrative image of sunlight.

Israeli team of BIU and NVIDIA researchers moves along with new AI technique

Bar Ilan University and NVIDIA researchers improve the ability to understand concepts describing location and direction in space.

View of the Nvidia Corporation offices at the Yokneam High-Tech Park, September 8, 2024.